https://blogs.mittiyo.com/tags/form-16/Recent content in Form 16 on Mittiyo BlogsHugoen-us© {year} Mittiyo. All rights reserved.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0530https://blogs.mittiyo.com/mittiyo/itr-filing-checklist-salaried-tenants/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0530https://blogs.mittiyo.com/mittiyo/itr-filing-checklist-salaried-tenants/<p>For a salaried tenant, the income tax return is where two things you have been doing all year, paying rent and earning a salary, finally meet the tax department. Get the order right and it takes an evening. Get it wrong, usually by leaving the regime on default, and you can quietly forfeit your House Rent Allowance and pay thousands more than you needed to.</p> <p>This is a practical, step-by-step checklist for filing your return for <strong>AY 2026-27</strong> (the financial year 2025-26). The deadline for most salaried filers is <strong>31 July 2026</strong>. The one thing to internalise before you start: the <strong>new tax regime is the default</strong>, and it removes HRA. If your tax planning relies on rent, you must actively choose the old regime. Everything below builds around that.</p>